They said the plans and the people did everything they were supposed to do.

"I watched and I met with the staff right after the incident," Killough said. "And they acted immediately, quickly, appropriately."

"Information was learned. It was reported to the appropriate staff. SROs were involved," Hall told reporters. "And that student was identified and that gun yesterday was recovered very quickly afterwards, which rendered the situation safe."

Brandon Bell is the parent of a Cave Spring Middle School student.

"We were already kind of on edge to start with," Bell told WDBJ7, "and then something like that happens, it's not something you want to hear."

A former Republican state senator who carried an A rating from the NRA, he wonders if there is a middle ground between those who would ban guns and others who oppose any restrictions at all.

He would like to see licensing requirements, that would carry responsibility for parents.

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